Mitsuko Bonkouchi ~The true value of a beautiful second place~

In the Kokin Wakashu, if the first person on the left is Ki Tsurayuki, the first person on the right is definitely this person, Mitsune Bonkawachi. Along with Tsurayuki, he was selected for the Kokinshu, the second most selected poems after Tsurayuki (99 poems) (60 poems), and together with Tsurayuki, he was included in the Thirty-six Poems, and his poem was included in the Hyakunin Isshu...

How to feel the “autumn breeze” to know about autumn

In the classical literary sense of the seasons, it was the Japanese warbler that signaled the coming of spring, and the Japanese warbler that signaled the arrival of summer. So what do we know about “autumn”? →Related article: “Ayashii relationship between plum and nightingale” →Related article: “Hototogisu” is found in Kokin Wakashu. What is that?

10 Greatest Hits of Famous Waka Songs Every Japanese Must Learn!

``Yamato songs are the seeds of people's hearts, and can be interpreted as the leaves of various words.'' Kokin Wakashu (Kana Preface) This is the famous phrase at the beginning of the Kana Preface to Kokin Wakashu by Tsurayuki Ki. Waka poems written from the human heart have been composed countless times. This time, the huge...

The beginning of Japanese beauty! I saw Ki Tsurayuki's seriousness in the song for the first spring of the year.

It is the first poem at the beginning of the Kokin Wakashu and the first poem in the ``Harujo'' section. 1 ``Spring will come before the end of the year. Let's do what we did last year, and what we will do this year.'' (Motokata Ariwara) The first day of spring has arrived within the year. This is a song about whether we should call this year last year or this year. This is old...

How beautiful is Shirayuki, the crystal of beauty?

At the beginning of winter, in early November, we were able to experience some pleasant early spring weather, but once the light snowfall passed, winter was in full swing and we started to hear a lot of talk about snow. Now, there are a total of 29 ``Fuyube'' poems in the Kokin Wakashu. Among them, the song "Snow" was written...

Déjà Vu The Tale of Genji ~Hikaru Kimi of Ancient and Modern Love Songs~ Part 30 “Love is Illusion”

724 ``Mutsu's Shinobu mojizuri, I think I'm drowning in the rain.'' (Minamoto Toru) 725 ``I don't know what to do, but the color of the morning sun sways in the autumn breeze.'' (Yomito Shirasu) 729 `` My colorless heart is transferred to others...

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